Woodbury Public Schools

The Woodbury Public Schools (WPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Woodbury, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.

Woodbury Public Schools
Address
25 North Broad Street Woodbury, NJ 08096 United States
Coordinates	39.83861°N 75.153028°W
District information
Grades	pre-K to 12
Superintendent	Andrew Bell
Business administrator	Nancy McCabe
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,550 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	129.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.woodburysch.com
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,438 33 $18,891 2.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,366 30 14,783 −2.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,530 29 8,763 −2.7% 6 Support Services 2,437 36 2,392 1.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,532 16 1,485 3.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,399 11 1,783 −21.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 429 23 268 60.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 62,773 30 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,550 students and 129.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

On March 15, 2020, the entire district closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awards and recognition

Woodbury Public Schools logo

• Evergreen Avenue Elementary School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[4]
• Evergreen Avenue Elementary School was recognized in the 2001–02 school year as a Star School, by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest state honor a New Jersey school can receive.[5]
• In 1998–99, the Woodbury Public Schools was recognized with the Best Practices Award by the New Jersey Department of Education for its Hollywood Kids Special Education program for students in Pre-K through 5th grade.[6]
• Woodbury Junior-Senior High School was recognized as a NASA Explorer School in 2004, one of only 50 selected in the nation to work exclusively with NASA on improving technology and science education in the school.[7]
• The Woodbury High School received the Gaston Caperton College Board Award, celebrating the "extraordinary commitment of educators and communities to their students' futures." This award is given to three schools in the nation on an annual basis.
• The Woodbury Junior-Senior High School is an AVID National Demonstration school, one of approximately 125 schools out of over 4,000 AVID schools nationally.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11]

Elementary schools

• Evergreen Avenue Elementary School[12] with 291 students in grades PreK-5
  • Thomas Braddock, Principal[13]
• Walnut Street Elementary School[14] with 117 students in grades PreK-5
  • Dr. Jeffrey Adams, Principal[13]
• West End Memorial Elementary School[15] with 435 students in grades K-5
  • Katheryn Agresta, Principal[13]

Middle / high school

• Woodbury Junior-Senior High School[16] with 680 students in grades 6-12
  • Dr. Jason Vivadelli, Principal[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17]

• Andrew T. Bell Sr., Superintendent[18]
• Nancy L. McCabe, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[19]

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[20][21][22][23]

References

1. District information for Woodbury City Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 18, 2014.
4. McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor's Education Priorities Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 21, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
5. Star Schools award recipient 2001-02, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2006.
6. Best Practices award recipient 1998-99, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2006.
7. "NASA Selects Woodbury School for 'Weightless Wonder' Flight", NASA, February 13, 2007. Accessed November 18, 2014. "NASA has selected Woodbury Jr/Sr High School to fly their experiment aboard the agency's reduced gravity aircraft, the 'Weightless Wonder,' a modified McDonnell Douglas DC-9."
8. Home page, AVID.
9. School Data for the Woodbury Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
10. Our Schools, Woodbury City Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
11. New Jersey School Directory for the Woodbury City Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
12. Evergreen Avenue Elementary School, Woodbury City Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
13. Contact Us, Woodbury Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
14. Walnut Street Elementary School, Woodbury City Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
15. West End Memorial Elementary School, Woodbury City Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
16. Woodbury Junior/Senior High School, Woodbury City Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
17. New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
18. Superintendent, Woodbury Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
19. Business and Operations, Woodbury Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
20. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
21. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the City of Woodbury School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed May 1, 2020. "The City of Woodbury Public School District is a Type II district located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The operations of the District include 3 elementary schools and one junior-senior high school, located in Woodbury City. The Board is comprised of nine members appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year."
22. What is a Board Member?, Woodbury City Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020. "The Woodbury City Board of Education is a nine member board comprised of elected residents of the City of Woodbury, New Jersey. Members serve for three years and elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November."
23. Board of Education People, Woodbury Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.

External links

• Woodbury Public Schools
• Woodbury Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Woodbury Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics